Chapter 40: Reasonable Sneak Attack

In the 19th minute, Voss got on the cart himself while linking up with Aspas on the right flank, allowing his defender Zaldo to easily get the ball. After Zaldo and Qu Jing hit the wall in a two-to-one, they made their way along the gap left by Voss before he could return to the defense. In the face of Ladoya's defense, Zaldo confused him with an ultra-realistic fake pass and cut inside with the ball.

At this time, Canales and Vela in the middle and Prieto on the left were already multi-pointed, and the curved meridians were also eyeing the side and back, and Zaldo could choose a number of very threatening routes, which made Ladoya in a hurry have to use tactical fouls and drag Zaldo to the ground.

It was supposed to be a foul for the card, but it was probably the away team's 2-0 deficit that made the referee show mercy and just interrupt the game and award a foul. The Celta players, who felt they had taken advantage, felt no difference, and they slowly retreated to prepare for the defence and began to organize the human wall.

Qu Jing placed the ball at the place designated by the referee for the foul, glanced at the goal, and then quickly took the ball.

Direct hanging door 40 yards away.

Before the Celta players could line up their walls, goalkeeper Alvarez was standing outside the six-yard box as if in a fugue. His vision was completely obscured, and when he saw the ball flying over the player's head, he simply mechanically turned his head to follow the trajectory of the ball and watched as it sank from the right side of the net to the bottom of the net.

Alvarez looked at the referee in confusion, and at the sound of the long whistle, he saw the referee's gesture pointing to the center circle before he understood - the goal worked!

Looking down from the stands, the Real Sociedad players and Celta players separated instantly, and then quickly formed two groups, except that one group surrounded the Qu Jing and the other group surrounded the referee.

Celta players surrounded the referee from all sides, and they were extremely unhappy with Real Sociedad's "chicken stealing" behavior, and considered the free kick that was quickly served by the twist to be invalid. The honest referee shook his head, insisted on the original decision, and explained the reason to the Celta players: it was a good goal, it was completely within the rules.

Compared with the players on the field, Celta coach Berizzo kept enough calm, he did not go to the fourth referee as angrily as before, nor did he roar desperately on the sidelines, because it was indeed a good ball: there was no disciplinary penalty for this foul, and the opponent's No. 30 player put the ball in the designated place without the referee's special signal, and then quickly kicked it out.

All of this is in accordance with the rules.

Blame the players for not making reasonable interceptions? Blame the other party for being cunning and punishing too accurately? Or is it the referee's decision that gives the opponent an opportunity?

It's not to blame.

If you want to blame it, blame the enemy.

The team's triumph after overcoming the strong opponent has given themselves and the players great confidence. The small defeat to Real Madrid in the last round was only a matter of luck.

Against Real Sociedad on a winning streak? What kind of winning streak are they? Except for Atletico, look at who they all meet!

We beat a whole bunch of big teams except Real Madrid!

But the score of 0:3 was laid out nakedly, so he had to start sobering up.

Berizzo sighed in his heart, and even looked at his players with a little sympathy, allowing the opponent to score three goals in 20 minutes has completely stunned them, and their slightly helpless faces showed a trace of confusion, continue to attack or defend?

That's a problem.

Agusli watched the pitch with confidence and relaxation on the faces of his players, who found the rhythm of their team in the victory after victory, and keenly spotted the opposition's "problem": Celta's three lines were too squeezed to leave a huge open space in their backfield, which caused the first goal to be conceded. The 4-1-2-3 formation overwhelmed the weak midfield, and when they rallied in the middle to strengthen the interception, Zaldo's surprise attack on the flanks became a lethal attack.

The team is like a powerful intelligent machine, which maintains the screening and filtering in different situations, and then moves to the most suitable working state. And this spontaneous and benign self-adjustment made Agusli feel sincerely happy, and also made his manager on the sidelines more and more effortless.

After the restart, the mentality of Real Sociedad, who led by the big score, was completely relaxed, and the players' performance was a little careless: in the 26th minute, Bergara made a mistake when receiving Martinez's pass, and was successfully tackled by the astute Hernandez, Hernandez quickly handed the ball to Nolito, who pulled the gap on the side, and in the face of Berziche's marking, Nolito dunked it with his feet, and then wiped it diagonally outside, and shot after flashing the gap.

Goalkeeper Rulli was prepared, but Nolito's shot was so tricky that the whiplash had to watch the ball cling to the crossbar and into the net.

Instead of celebrating, Nolito picked up the ball from the net and raced to the halfway line, a surprise goal that rekindled his hunger for victory, and he called his teammates hard, it's still early, we still have a chance!

Although the number of fans of the visiting team in the stands was small, the goal at this crucial moment still gave them a glimmer of light, and they did not suppress at this time, and jumped and began to shout after receiving the "baptism" of celebration by the home team's fans three times.

Qu Jing glanced at the fans in the stands around him, and he found that the fans of the home team seemed to have maintained enough composure to be completely indifferent to this seemingly unexpected but reasonable goal, like teammates who were still relaxed, and probably they all thought that the two-goal lead was already in the palm of their minds, which gave him a vague sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, the Celta players seemed to be rejuvenated after the goal, not only did they run more aggressively, but they also made their runs and responses clearer in their own half, and they also deliberately increased their long-range shots.

Long-range shooting is a magical thing, and it is also another big killer to break the defense. Even if the quality of the shot is not high, it is possible to deflect a fatal deflection on an unlucky player, or inexplicably achieve a shot relay between players, thus creating a killing opportunity that would otherwise be impossible.

Bayern is at the top of the pack.

And now Celta is like Bayern possessed.

Their seemingly chaotic attacks and near-blind long-range shots created chances: on 31 minutes, Hernandez's long-range and high-quality shot caused Rulli to get off the hook and allowed Aspas in the box to come close to closing the goal.

In the 34th minute, Bergado was intercepted by Jonny when he passed the ball to Zurutusa, and Jonny handed the ball to Hernandez and launched a high-quality counterattack on the left side, Hernandez, who quickly advanced to the hinterland of the half, hoisted an accurate 45-degree diagonal long pass into the penalty area, the ball crossed Martinez and Gonzalez, and accurately found Orellana at the back point, but it was a pity that the latter's close header was unexpectedly missed.